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If your idea of a perfect beach involves a waiter to fetch your drinks and the amenities of a high-rise hotel, then the beach at Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park may not be for you. Because all you can see from this 1 1/4-mile-long pristine beach at the southern tip of Key Biscayne are a lighthouse and the clear, emerald expanse of the Atlantic Ocean. A reef line seven miles from shore acts as a natural break wall, making this a perfect swimming spot where there is never — ever — a rip current. Jutting as it does into the ocean, there's almost always a cooling breeze. "It's a delightful place to visit," says Stephen Leatherman, who as Dr. Beach ranked it...

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